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The Airdrie Storm Bantam football club only has one more week of preparations before the start of the regular season.

When NHL legend Ron Francis tells you that you’re developing your game in the proper manner during your end of the season interview, it gives you a good start to your summer.

Victims assistance groups from across Rocky View County are about to get another much-needed financial infusion. Wild Rose MP Blake Richards has formalized plans for his third annual Wild Rose Challenge Charity Hockey Game, to be played Aug.

It may not have been earned in the fashion he wanted, but Cochrane’s Grant Profit took home the top spot from the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship, Aug. 7.

I’ve purposely not listened to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck all summer long. Great song on a great album, don’t get me wrong, but I heard it enough all winter at Airdrie Thunder games that it has lost some of its lustre.

A ski and snowboard club featuring local athletes from across Rocky View County has added an Olympic silver medallist to its coaching staff.

Setting the fundraising goal at $115,000 may have seemed ambitious, but the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s third annual Batting Against Breast Cancer largely exceeded that number last week.

The Heritage Junior Hockey League will have a new look to it this season. With the removal of the Rimbey Rock for the 2011-12 season, the Junior B league has decided to adapt a two-division system with seven teams in each.

With the Heritage Junior Hockey League set to get underway next month, the Airdrie Thunder are planning to host its annual three-on-three conditioning tournament on Aug. 13 and 14.

Dana Tyrell is still trying to come down from the Tampa Bay Lightning’s unexpected run to the Eastern Conference finals earlier this year, but the Airdrie native knows he’s got another big season ahead of him.